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, B. 0. HOPPER & 0. P. MoL-EAN. TI-GKBTRAGK AND REGISTER. o. 605,165.Patented June 7,1898.

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EDWARD o. HonPER, OF-COVINGTON, KENTUCKY, AND errant-Es -1 MCLEAN, or-CINCINNATI, OHIO.

T-TZICKTETIRAC'KI AND'REGJSTER.

, srncrricncrion formin as f Letters Pisa No. 605,165, dated June 7,1898 Application filed T11R26, 1897.

T0120 whoinj it may concern/r 7 Be it known that we, EDWARD O. HOPPER,aresident'of Oovington, inthe county of Kenton and State-of Kentucky,andCHARLES F. MOLEAN, a resident of Cincinnathllainilton county, and 'Stateof f Ohio, citizens of the United States, have invented-certain new anduseful Improvements in Ticket Racks and Registers, of which thefollowing 'is a specification. I

The Object of our invention is to provide a rack or board forholding'dilferent kinds of tickets, which tickets are-consecutivelynumbered in blocks, are held on the board and sold therefromat apredetermined time, with" shutters to indicate the kinds of tickets forsale, which 'fshutters may be thrown to conceal the na'rnefwhenno-tickets of the kind named on the face of the shutter are for salealso, peculiar-means to shut 01f access to the board,while stillexposing the tickets unsold,

superintendent or party'in control.

Figure l-is a front elevation of a ticket rack or board embodying ourinvention,'the face of the board being accessible for the sale oftickets. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same throughline tr m of "Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail view taken transversely through one of the guide-rodsand looking.

down on top of the shutter.

Referring to the'parts, A represents two upright boxes, between whichthe'boa'rds or" racks B are supported.

B is a cross strip or brace between theup-j rights A, upon which therack B rests, and B is a removable .top which is held on the frames Bbydowel-pins or other suitable connection for the purpose of holding theframes B in'the unfolded position shown, the frames being hingedtogether, so that they may fold back to back and the removabIe top beplaced Serial No. 642,370. (No model.)

tion-rolls d,-which bear against the inside or theguide-rods and guidethe frame in itsu'pward or lower movement to expose'the registor-board,as shown in the drawings, or to close over the board when released.Tothe top of the frame are secured cords or wire ropes'E, which passover sheaves e, journaled in boxes secured to the tops of the standardsA, and to which are attached weights E,which draw the screen up in frontof the registerb'c'iar'd whenreleased. 7

To the cross-piece B is secured a bracket f, upon which is mounted anelectromagnet F; The armature f is secured to or formed integralwiththebox d. The armature has anupwardly-extending angle-arm f the inwardly-projecting lug of which is perforated to receive the cord E, towhich the counterpoised weights'E are connected. i r

1 When the screen D is drawn down and the circuit closed through wiresland 2, the arjmature will be held to the magnet,'keeping the screen inthe open position shown.- After thes'ale of tickets isclosedtheielectric circuit is opened by thesupe'rin'tend'ent or otherparty in charge from any point to' which the wires land'2m'ay pass, andthe weights will {throw the screen to the" closed position, in whichposition the sp'ringdoop a will engage in'theibox d andhold the screenin' theclosed position until a" record of the tickets sold ismade. a arestud-plates secured to the" cured any desired number ofclips G.- Theseare formed,'pi'eferably, of light sheetsteel,

brass, or other springv metal, and in crosssection are 'semicylindricalor arched over flat flanges g, by which the clipsare fixed upon theboard, thus allowing the cylindrical orarched portion to be swungoutwardly by pressing upon the lugs'or thumb-pieces 91 to receive ablock of tickets H, whichrtickets are numbered from 00 to 99, inclusive.Upon the front of the flange g are secured plates J,which haveoverturned flanged edges, under which cards j, descriptive of thetickets held by the clips, are placed. To the upper edges of theclip-flangesg are hinged shutters K, carrying upon their faces thenumher of the clips, which numbers are exposed to view when the shuttersare thrown up and held by spring-catches 7c. lVhen no tickets of thekind indicated by the cards j are for sale, the shutters are thrown downover the cardsj, concealing the name of the ticket, as shown by theclips numbered 2 and 0 on both boards. Ordinarily there are one hundredtickets of each kind held by the clips, and if any block is sold outbefore time for closing the shutter over the frame the number 100 isplaced over the lug g, as indicated at clip No. 6 on the right-handboard, and a new block placed in the clip. As shown by this clip, onehundred and three of the No. 0 tickets have been sold. At apredetermined time for closing the sale the switch opening the electriccircuit is operated, the screen drawn by the weights up over the boardand held in the closed position until the accountant or other properofficer makes a register of the number of each kind of tickets sold,which must correspond with the price of each ticket if the vendor orclerk makes correct return of the cash received from the sales, and, ifnot, the accountant can readily detect the fraud or mistake, if one hasoccurred, by counting the remaining tickets held in the clips.

It is obvious that instead of the electromagnet for holding andreleasing the screen a lock could be employed, the key of which is heldby the accounting oilieer, or that many other tripping or releasingdevices may be employed instead of the one shown, and it is also obviousthat diiferent forms of clips for holding the tickets maybe employedwithout departing from the spirit or scope of our invention.

iVe have shown our board of two parts, each side having the same numberof clips and ticket holding and registering arrangements. The purpose ofthis arrangement is to provide for holding first and second classtickets of the same kind; but it is obvious that instead of having thetwo boards numbered the same the whole may be numbered consecutively, sothat only one class of tickets is sold. In this case we may provide twodevices similar to that shown, one for the first-class and the other forthe second-class tickets.

That we claim is 1. In a ticket and registering rack the combination ofthe board, the ticket-clips secured thereon, the name-plate holdersabove each clip, and the hinged shutters having numerals to indicate thenumber of the clip when thrown up and closed over the plate when notickets are held by the clip, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the boards having each consecutively-numberedticket-clips secured thereon, the swinging member of the clip havingalug projecting therefrom to open the clip and form a hook to suspend thelast ticket and block when a new block of tickets is to be inserted,thename-plate holders above said clips, and the hinged shutters havingnumbers on their faces corresponding to the number of the clip whenthrown up, but adapted to be thrown down over the nameplate holders whenno tickets of the kind or class are for sale.

3. The combination of the uprights, the cross-piece bracing the uprightsin position, the board between the uprights above said cross-piece, theticket-clips secured upon said board, the guide-rods secured to saiduprights, the screen fitted to slide between said guide-rods to cover oruncover the board, the fixed electromagnet, the armature secured to thescreen-frame to hold itin its lower position, the sheaves in the top ofsaid uprights, cords secured to the screen and passing over thesheaves,weights to overbalance the weight of the frame and carryit toits upper position in front of the board, and catches to retain it inthe upper position, substantially as shown and described.

EDWARD O. HOPPER. CHARLES F. MCLEAN.

Vitnesses:

'i. M. GRATER, PERCY I-IALY.

